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Ricky Glenn vs.
Song Kenan

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

4-6-1 Ricky Glenn · UFC
6-5-0 Song Kenan · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

4-6-1
UFC record
6-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
37
AgeΔ 1 yrs
36
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
23.6
Layoff (months)Δ 3.2 mo
20.4
LLLDW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Song Kenan absorbs 5.82 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Song Kenan carries real power — 0.70 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Ricky Glenn rarely shoots — 0.72 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Ricky Glenn

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 46
Tier 3 — regional circuit 183

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Song Kenan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4733.79/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4844.49/min · norm 3.17
5374.30/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
6285.82/min · norm 3.06
42.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
47.0%norm 44.9%
51.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
51.1%norm 55.25%
30.36/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
50.70/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Ricky Glenn

Distance 74.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.9% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 16.0% (norm 8.0%)

Song Kenan

Distance 89.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Ricky Glenn

Head 74.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 7.9%)

Song Kenan

Head 76.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Glenn L/AAccLightweight med Kenan L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 273 / 819 33.3% 37.9% 406 / 923 44.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 76 / 109 69.7% 67.3% 56 / 78 71.8% 67.8%
On the ground 124 / 177 70.1% 69.1% 22 / 29 75.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 292 / 823 35.5% 35.0% 311 / 787 39.5% 37.2%
To the body 119 / 195 61.0% 69.1% 85 / 130 65.4% 70.7%
To the legs 62 / 87 71.3% 81.9% 88 / 113 77.9% 82.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Glenn L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Kenan L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 381 / 886 43.0% 38.9% 576 / 1208 47.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 86 / 117 73.5% 68.6% 40 / 60 66.7% 68.9%
On the ground 70 / 97 72.2% 68.0% 12 / 16 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 387 / 902 42.9% 35.1% 325 / 889 36.6% 35.6%
To the body 124 / 167 74.3% 68.1% 122 / 181 67.4% 69.6%
To the legs 26 / 31 83.9% 81.5% 181 / 214 84.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

613.3% acc · 0.72/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
330.0% acc · 0.42/15 · norm 1.27
3469.4% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2573.5% def · norm 63.9%
23:3818.9% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
3:263.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
28:133:23 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
12:441:46 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.36/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Glenn has more cage time on record.

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